Word: shame
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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BORIS YELTSIN OBLITERATED A VILLAGE last week and called it a victory. A leading Moscow newspaper described the Russian army's running battle with Chechen rebels as "10 days of pain, impotence and shame." But Yeltsin, with a flourish of newspeak reminiscent of Soviet days, simply declared himself a winner. His troops, he claimed at a news conference in the Kremlin, killed 153 Chechens, captured 28, and freed 82 hostages after besieging Pervomaiskoye, a hamlet in far-off Dagestan. "We have taught Dudayev a sound lesson," Yeltsin said, referring to Chechen separatist leader Jokhar Dudayev. Now, Yeltsin threatened, Russia will...
...shame that while trying to assert a good idea, namely that Democrats need to stand for something and not just against Republicans, Cerny gets lost in a swarm of reckless generalizations and downright false-hoods about the College Democrats. We would like to begin by responding to a few of them...
...Messiah. The response to his productions of The America Play and The Accident, both on the A.R.T. New Stage, was so positive one would think he was paying people to say nice things about him (he wasn't). So, with that kind of build-up, it's a shame that his first production on the Loeb Mainstage isn't perfect...
...YEAR-OLD TO BE MURDERED is a shame. However, America does not have a duty to protect children from their parents. The family has a duty to safeguard its own members. The girl should not be "let down by the system" because there should be no system, child welfare, court or otherwise. As a family-law attorney, I must support the right of parents to see their children under the basic concepts of American rights and freedoms. No system should interfere with this, and none can protect a child from its own parent. Final responsibility lies with the family...
...BALL GAME Thanks to the all-American virtues of Cal Ripken Jr., the all-Japanese windup of Hideo Nomo and an exciting though politically incorrect all-Indian World Series, the national pastime was back in good graces after the shame of '94. Of course, the players and owners still haven't smoked a peace pipe...